Where are we heading?

While reading today’s newspaper, I read my horoscope after a gap of many months. Thankfully, it had all things worth reading and it seemed that life this week would be ‘worth living’. But just below the horoscope, I came across a news item titled “In UP husband elopes and woman is paraded naked” (Read the entire story here). I read the story and was shell shocked!

Are we bloody barbarians?

How can you treat a woman like that?

Why should a woman be punished for her husband’s mistakes? And that too in a manner like that!

That was the most outrageous news I read yesterday. I did spit out curses from my living room. That’s India in 21st century.

Sadly, there are still various social maladies that we can be better off without. Instead of all the civil vigilance crap that we parade for a better nation, I’d rather we give a better life to our sisters.

Problem is with our mind set.We(men) project ourselves as the stronger ones.
We have enough laws to take on any these self styled heroes,but, trust me, laws are being hgiven a miss just in case it makes one lose votes.

@Len Kamei
I feel the same Len. Instead of sitting on hunger strikes to eradicate corruption, it would be better if people could first do something to get their own house in order. One can fight corruption only when one has strong values (or not even strong ones….just simple ones like showing respect to women)

i saw that article. and i dint read it. i dont want to get upset. and these stories are so upsetting that they make you question if people are human at all. its unimaginable what all we do, even though as human being we have a mind, the ability to think.

I cringed after reading the article and this is not the first time that I have read something like this,such stories send a chill across my spine and I realize that we still live in a such a regressie and inhumane society…